Editing the registry

[spydermonkey]

I found out today I had some really stupid AdWare called PerfectNav or something like that. So I searched google and found out this is how you remove it:

Start the registry editor. This is done by clicking Start then Run. (The Run dialog will appear.) Type regedit and click OK. (The registry editor will open.)
Delete 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE \ Classes \ CLSID \ {A045DC85-FC44-45be-8A50-E4F9C62C9A84}', if it exists.
Delete 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer\Browser Helper Objects \ {A045DC85-FC44-45be-8A50-E4F9C62C9A84}', if it exists.
Exit the registry editor.
Restart your computer.
Delete the following directory and its content:
%ProgramsDir%\PerfectNav\
Note: %ProgramsDir% is a variable ( ? ). By default, this is C:\Program Files.
Start Microsoft Internet Explorer.
In Internet Explorer, click Tools -> Internet Options.
Click the Programs tab -> Reset Web Settings.


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How can you read from and delete things from the registry in VB6? I want to create a program that will check to see if 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE \ Classes \ CLSID \ {A045DC85-FC44-45be-8A50-E4F9C62C9A84}' exists and delete it like they said. Then delete all the other things (if they exist).

Can someone give me an idea how I'd do something like this?

Thanks!

 

[Dimandja]

Download your sample code from here

http://www.planet-source-code.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=36731&lngWId=1

 

[lendpoint]

RegDeleteKey, RegCloseKey, RegOpenKeyEx are the functions you should look at.


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